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A. F. NUGENT.

AWNING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.22. 19m.

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A TTORIVEYS ANTHONY r. NUGENT, or NEW vomi, N. Y.

AwNING-FIXTURE.

To all whom t may concern:

l Be it known that I, ANTHONY F. NUGENT, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Awning-Fixture, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

-Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to overcome the necessity for employing a stay line; to prevent awnings' from rising and falling; to provide a convenient lock for holding` thev side bars of an awning in service position; and to simplify the construction of fixtures of the character described.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an awning provided with fixtures constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2- is a detail view on an enlarged scale of an awning fixture and lock therefor constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of the fixture, the section being takenl as on th line 4-4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a side view of a modied form of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the same, the section being taken as on the line 6-6 in Fig. 5.

Descrip to/n.

As seen in lthe drawings, an awning having a fabric cover 11 and a bottom frame 12 is provided with guide rods 13. The rods 13 are xedly attached to the window frame by means of socket brackets 14, or other convenient fastenilg members. The frame 12 is held in guided relation to the rods 13 by slides 15. The frame 12 is pivotally connected to the slides 15, by means of pins 16 and pivot sockets 17. Then the sockets 17 are constructed as seen in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, they are provided with extensions 18. The extensions 18 have slotted openings 19, through which keys 20 are passed when itis desired to lock the sockets and parts connected therewith in service position.

When an extension 18 is in position to receive the key 20, it is disposedybetween specification of Letters raient.

Application filed August 22, 1918. SerialNo. 250,991.

the upstanding sides 21 of a lock plate 22. The key 20 is slidably mounted inthe plate 22 and in the openings provided therefor in the sides 21, and is guidedY in .this Yaction by aiin 23 set up from a bracket arm 24 of the upstanding sides 2l. When the key 20 is withdrawn from engagement Vwith the extension 18, the socket 17 and Vparts connected therewith are free to move, said socket being-at this time free to turn on the Patented oct. v, 1919.

pin 16 to permit the frame 12 to. fold up- 'right against the guide rods 13. l

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, :a modified form of the invention is shown. The modication consists in spacing the sides 21 farther apart and at opposite sides of the rods 13, and in elongating the same so that the slots for holding the key 20 are formed in the U-shaped brackets somewhat beyond' drawings, the awning is lowered until the extensions 18 or 25 are disposed between the sides 21'of the brackets 22, the keys 2O being drawn back to permit the arrangement. The keys are then extended through the slots 19 and 26, as the case may be, in the extensions 18 or 25. rlhe keys 20 so disposed prevent the rocking of the sockets 17 and the wabbling ofthe frame 12, though the same is not held by the usual stay-line. The keys 20 also prevent the rise and fall of the socket members 17 and the disagreeable banging of the fixtures.

1. An awning fixture comprising means for supporting an awning on a house` or other standing structure, a fabric retaining frame, guide rods fixed to the standing structure and adapted to support the frame, a bracket xed to the standing structure, slotted arms formed integrally with the bracket and extended outwardly from the standing structure, a slotted extension member formed on the l awning frame and standingstructure, a fabric retaining frame,

guide rods fixed to the standing structure and adapted to support the frame, a bracket lixed to the standing structure, slotted arms y formed integrally with the bracket and extended' outwardlvrfrom the standing structure, a slotted extension member formed on the awning frame and adapted to take upa position vadjacent the arms of the bracket, Aand a locking'key passed through the slots ofthe arms and extension memberfor locking the J frame k1n immovable and I locked relation to the 'guide rods, and a key retaining'means adapted to slidably retain the key. which permits the operator to adjust the key inwardly oroutWardly in relation with the slots vWithout removing said key from 1 the fixture. ,Y A

An awning fixture comprising a fabri retaining frame, guide rods adapted'l to be installedl on a building to support the retaining frame, a U-shaped bracket With extended arms having slotted openings formed in the arms, an extension arm provided on (opies'V of this patenc may be` obtained for the fabric frame With a slot formed therein to register With the Vslot of the bracket, and a locking key to Vbe passed through the registered slots of the slotted members for locking the frame in relation to the arms'.

4., An awning fixture comprising a fabric retaining frame, guide rods adapted to be 40 installed 0n a building to support the retaining frame, a U-shaped bracketl with ,extended arms having slotted openings formed in the arms, an extension arm provided on the fabric frame having a slot formed` therein to register with the slot of the bracket, and av locking key to be passed through the registered slots of the slotted members for locking the frame in relation to the arms, and a key retaining means upon the ixture and permitting said key to be passed through the registered slotsas aforesaid. Y Y

5. An awning fixture comprising in combination, supporting guide rods, a fabric ref taining frame, a sliding sleeve confined upon the supporting guide rods and; piv'otallyrr' connected with the frame, an extension arm A integrally formed With the frame said extension arm provided with a slot, a bracket provided with a slot registering With the first named slot, and a locking'key adapted to be passed through the slots to lock to-. gether the bracket and frame.

ANTHONY r. NUGENT."

ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner` of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

